The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-02
From, the Chattanooga Nc,rs.

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interested in the expeditions, some o. 3| 81
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Ghafs
ton, Ricbmond and other points, aI h
charge of the entireaaair &; s sE B
"We bought the 'Wanderer' in slgsS
York, and after fitting her ont thorough
we sent her over after her FIRST cargopI
the people of color. She was 9 daisi
too, I tell you. She could ;o1tsail alga s.
anything that aoated.'' . 54ss 1||'a|
"Did you go over with the Wander
"The first trip. That time we bfg M S
over se5 negroes. We landed dSths s
Thunderbolt, just four miles beloy ss
vannah. That many negroes .in, M rs
days meant great deal Of money
Chow did you manage to sgesl @ t{sl|
away from Africa without goYeramsl
interference ?' z: 4. ss5'ss ~;
"That was easy enough. We paidH
nigger king, or ruler, IS q head q
we took away. The way we bad oge
them was this: !: We would build q larg
stockade of the immense bamboo: cane
as big around almost as a mans thigh
near the entrance Of this We would dspreal
q kind ofa barbecue, with plenty ms5
whisky; we put plenty Of tobacco sine
this liquor to sorter make them sick all
all the more helpless.
"When thenegroes would got up sinEE
the mouth Of this stockade they .WonII||
very often halt, but a,few punches @
sharp cane would getthem Wellint Il 4
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swell, after they we're welt "a
influence of the liquor, and psffs 4
helpless, the niger goyernnen Wo
have them taken on board the w WandesE!
and then collect the $5 for each one III
"Tbe only danger We had to- slook 81
for was the wagging Of the Bridsh .ss
tail. But we got the best of thssfei
untaimed beast. We had the WandH
rebuilt with water tight compartms1
and q false smoke stack. Whensys.s7
Britisher hove in sight We 8 would M
smoke to coming out Of the stack M
one or two Of the water comPaftmsd|
so as to sink the vessel q little, and
on unmolested. You SEE; the point 4
that no one would ever suspect astsaS
ship Of fcarrying slaves. ~ $sss5s
$50 you made the trip all right s',s &
"Oh, yes, the first one. But the scoop
one they nipped us. I didn't 90, ,oysrs
the Wanderer that trip, but took S
mand of the vessel that was>to Tight CHI 81
negroes to shore when the. Wand derer
in sight with them. VI
"Well, we we're cruising around oft
coast of Florida trying to sight oursh9
when the revenue cutter .HasIiets Ls1
hove in sight, and we turned our heelsS &
her and got up and fec. The Lsf
chased us hot all that day, but Wiz
night came on we.lodged into 3 lita
river on the coast and gave her the con
plete shake. s. -; ss.ssl s;s
"She prowled around there and g.
next day captured the Wanderer ## II
miles from where we we're trying TO S5s S
her. I3S}
"That settled the business, an5
abandoned the enterprise. 4 then ]ss!
on to attend the Confederate Gay
which caused the break in the coun5 III
Col. McFall IS $50 Of; those otisS8|
and interesting takers who holds
listeners long and we'll, and intenE &
his narratives with many comical IL Il
pressions. Although he was shsah g
soul with the South in her strnggls A
Union can boast no better subject TO dis
j One of his quaint experiences, as i
lated to the Me,us man, wss at Port Ros|
in 1876, when the negroes were goingaI
mob the whites. Upon this occas0
the Colonel mounted a stump and said
"What in the world do you wanta
mob me for? You seem to forget th|NS
vas the man who brougL. Ycu iells1
over here from Africa to make Selgt|S
Congressman and people out, ofyoa !''5 b
This seemed to have the, desired etc
and the angry crowd left Col. McFs
unmolested. sss;